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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our street only has a sidewalk on one side, so the strip of land that's in between the sidewalk and the street is only on one side. Every dog owner on the side with no sidewalk crosses the street to walk their dog and let's them go on that strip of land (which yes, technically is city property, but is still in front of someone else's house). There are a few houses on the sidewalk side that have dogs that live across from them (sidewalkless side) where that strip has turned completely brown and muddy (all the grass has died off) due to the dogs across the street using that spot 3-4 times a day. While technically the owners aren't doing anything wrong, and the dogs do not go on the grass between the sidewalk and the house, it is still frustrating that that strip has completely died. But what does one do in this situation - and who is in the wrong? [/quote]
That’s weird, I don’t get why they take their dogs to the exact same spots to pee, multiple times per day. If they’re leaving their own property, why aren’t they walking their dogs more than just across the street? If I lived on the side without a sidewalk, I’d still walk my dog on my side of the street.

I don’t know how common this is in the DMV, but in my neighborhood, the HOA has contracted with a landscaping company to maintain those grass strips between the sidewalks and the streets. Homeowners don’t mow or maintain them, so we don’t feel any ownership of them. [/quote]

They walk on the sidewalk and the dog goes on the strip. They don't just cross the street and come back, they go for a walk, but the dogs tend to relieve themselves on this same strip at the beginning of the walk and other dogs also find the scent so also pee there.

If you would walk on the sidewalkless side of the sidewalk do you let your dog pee in people's yards then?[/quote]
I’d walk him on the street and mostly stay off the grass, but I would let him pee on the edge of a lawn. He wouldn’t be allowed to just wander into yards.[/quote]

I think this is much worse than peeing on the strip. I would not want a dog peeing on the edge of my lawn.[/quote]

If you don't have a sidewalk, the edge of "your" lawn is probably the county easement (aka not actually your property).

If you do have a sidewalk, it may/may not be your lawn. You'd need to pull the boundary info.[/quote]
+1 I grew up in a neighborhood without sidewalks and people walk dogs there too. This is how it’s done.[/quote]

Just please understand that the "county easement" is probably only about 3ft, max, off the gutter/curb line. A lack of a sidewalk doesn't entitle you to walk all the way up someone's law, which is trespass, and if your dog messes on their lawn, it may also be destruction of property.

In short, get off my lawn.  :lol: [/quote]
On a street with no sidewalks, I give my dog very little leash and try not to let him get more than 2 feet off the road, into someone’s grass. I respect other people’s property. I don’t allow my dog to pee on mailboxes, fences or flowers. If there’s a sign asking people to keep dogs off the grass, I will honor it. I spent most of my life not owning a dog and being annoyed by rude dog owners, so I make a conscious effort to minimize any impact my dog has on other people.[/quote]

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